Detained Labour Party Chairman, Abure Released On Bail, Accuses APC Of Being Behind Ordeal

Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, following a petition forwarded to the zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police in Abuja.

The Nigerian Police Force has granted the detained national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure bail.

In the petition, the Labour Party national youth leader, Comrade Eragbe Anselm accused Abure of using over 60 armed thugs to attack him when he was leading a party activity in Edo State on December 28, 2023.

In the petition obtained by SaharaReporters on Wednesday, the party’s national youth leader alleged that he was brutalised and almost killed by the thugs who also stole $75,000 in cash and other properties worth N4.9 million from him and his team.

According to him, he was brutalised for belonging to the camp of the factional acting national chairman of the party, Lamidi Apapa.

SaharaReporters learnt that the Labour Party Chairman was released from police custody around 2 am on Thursday. It was noted that the Edo State chairman, Kelly Ogbaloi, and the state youth leader were still being held and would likely be released later today.

After his release, Abure addressed the party’s supporters, saying, “Let me appreciate all of you for the solidarity, for the support and your commitment. No struggle to liberate the country comes easy.

“In many countries of the world where freedom fighters have fought for the emancipation of the people, freedom fighters suffer injustice, suffer prosecution and it is what is happening to me and my other colleagues since after the general election.”